This document outlines the course details for a Pronunciation Online course at Vietnam National University. The course is compulsory and worth 3 credits. It aims to help first-year students achieve an understandable pronunciation in English with knowledge of sounds, stress, rhythm, linking, intonation and varieties of English. Over 15 weeks students will learn individual sounds and suprasegmentals through activities, quizzes and voice recordings. Assessment includes regular quizzes, transcription exercises and voice recordings of sounds, words and passages. The goal is for students to communicate effectively in English through accurate pronunciation.

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
COURSEOUTLINE
PRONUNCIATION ONLINE
Hanoi, 2014

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1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
- Course Name: PRONUNCIATION ONLINE Code: Number of credits: 3
- Course status: Compulsory  Optional 
2. COURSE OBJECTIVES
According to the CEFR (B1) of the Council of Common Europe, by the end of the first
semester, first -year students should be able to:
2.1. Knowledge
- Have understandable pronunciation of English sounds (vowels and consonants) even if
occasional mispronunciation occurs.
- Generally understand and follow lectures delivered in English by teachers.
- Generally distinguish varieties of English.
- Generally understand transcription, word stress, sentence stress, strong form, weak form,
rhythm, linking, and intonation.
2.2. Skills
- Be used to working by him/herself and in a group as well.
- Be introduced to the different, most widely recognized accents such as British English and
American English.
- Maintain a conversation or discussion, but may sometimes be difficult to follow when
trying to say exactly what he/she would like.
- Achieve high level of pronunciation with excellence in some difficult sounds such as
vowels, consonants and ending sounds, etc. that make him/herself be well understood.
Besides, other supra-segmentals are gradually formed in student’s speech.
2.3. Attitudes and attendance
- Be serious in studying, attend the class regularly, and actively participate the lessons.
- Be cooperative in pair work and group work.
- Be eager to learn new things relating to the theme.
- Be well motivated in self-study.

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3. DETAILED COURSE CONTENT
Week Theme Note
1. Introduction to Pronunciation
English sounds
Students are
required to
remember 44 sounds
2. Sound No. 1 - /i:/; Sound No. 2 - /ɪ/; Sound No. 3 - /e/;
Sound No. 4 - /æ/; Sound No. 5 - /ə/; Sound No. 6 - /ɜ:/
3. Sound No. 7 - /ʌ/; Sound No. 8 - /u:/; Sound No. 9 - /ʊ/;
Sound No. 10 - /ɔ:/; Sound No. 11 - /ɒ/; Sound No. 12 - /ɑ:/
4. Sound No. 13 - /eə/; Sound No. 14 - /ɪə/;
Sound No. 15 - /ʊə/; Sound No. 16 - /eɪ/;
Sound No. 17 - /aɪ/; Sound No. 18 - /ɔɪ/;
Sound No. 19 - /əʊ/; Sound No. 20 - /aʊ/
5. Sound No. 21 - /b/; Sound No. 22 - /p/; Sound No. 23 - /d/;
Sound No. 24 - /t/; Sound No. 25 - /g/; Sound No. 26 - /k/;
Sound No. 27 - /f/; Sound No. 28 - /v/
6. Sound No. 29 - /θ/; Sound No. 30 - /ð/; Sound No. 31 - /s/;
Sound No. 32 - /z/; Sound No. 33 - /ʃ/; Sound No. 34 - /ʒ/;
Sound No. 35 - /h/
7. Sound No. 36 - /tʃ/; Sound No. 37 - /dʒ/;
Sound No. 38 - /m/; Sound No. 39 - /n/;
Sound No. 40 - /ŋ/; Sound No. 41 - /l/;
Sound No. 42 - /w/; Sound No. 43 - /r/; Sound No. 44 - /j/
8. Transcription Phonemic
transcription or
broad transcription
9. Word Stress Students remember
rules and practise

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10. Beyond stress Students remember
rules and practise
11. Strong forms vs. Weak forms Students remember
rules and practise
12. Rhythm + linking + Reduction Students remember
rules and practise
13. Introduction to Intonation Students remember
rules and practise
14. Revision, Wrap-up and Evaluation
15. FEEDBACK
4. MATERIALS
4.1. Required materials:
 Pronunciation Course compiled and edited by Khoa Anh Viet.
4.2. Supplementary materials:
 Ship or Sheep.
 Pronunciation In Use
 Pronunciation Power
 BBC Learning English
 Keyman
 Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
All these materials can be downloaded from English I’s blog at www.englishonecfl.com
(English Pronunciation Section).
5. COURSE POLICY AND REQUIREMENT OF LECTURERS

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These are some requirements for the course:
 Register to Pronunciation Online Course in Moodle;
 Actively participate the entire lessons;
 Complete all compulsory activities;
 Receiving mark 0 for such action of copying others’ work, or failing to meet the
deadline for assignment.
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6. COURSE ASSESSMENT
Quiz No. 1 (Introduction) 4.00
Quiz No. 2 (Single vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 3 (Single vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 4 (Double vowels) 4.00
Quiz No. 5 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 6 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 7 (Consonants) 4.00
Quiz No. 8 (Stress) 4.00
Quiz No. 9 (Beyond Word Stress) 2.00
Quiz No. 10 (Strong forms vs. Weak forms) 2.00
Quiz No. 11 (Rhythm, linking, reduction) 2.00
Quiz No. 12 (Intonation) 2.00
Record Your Voice: /i:/; /ɪ/; /e/; /æ/; /ə/; /ɜ:/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /ʌ/; /ɑ:/; /u:/; /ʊ/; /ɔ:/; /ɒ/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /eə/; /ɪə/; /ʊə/; /eɪ/; /aɪ/; /ɔɪ/; /əʊ/; /aʊ/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /b/; /p/; /d/; /t/; /g/; /k/; /f/; /v/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /θ/; /ð/; /s/;/ʒ/; /z/; /ʃ/; /h/ 6.00
Record Your Voice: /tʃ/; /dʒ/; /m/; /n/; /ŋ/; /l/; /w/; /r/; /j/ 6.00
Writing Transcription 6.00
Record Your Voice: Word Stress 6.00
Record Your Voice: Reading A Passage 6.00

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Record Your Voice: Reading A Dialogue 6.00
Course total
100